Lesotho - Employment in services

Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Lesotho was 48.37 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 48.37 in 2019, while its lowest value was 27.69 in 1991.

Definition: Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The services sector consists of wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels; transport, storage, and communications; financing, insurance, real estate, and business services; and community, social, and personal services, in accordance with divisions 6-9 (ISIC 2) or categories G-Q (ISIC 3) or categories G-U (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 27.69
1992 27.96
1993 28.23
1994 28.56
1995 28.91
1996 29.26
1997 29.66
1998 30.11
1999 30.64
2000 31.23
2001 31.83
2002 32.47
2003 33.34
2004 34.13
2005 35.06
2006 35.87
2007 36.84
2008 37.80
2009 38.83
2010 39.84
2011 40.82
2012 41.87
2013 42.87
2014 43.76
2015 44.59
2016 45.59
2017 46.53
2018 47.40
2019 48.37

Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Lesotho was 37.91 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 37.91 in 2019, while its lowest value was 24.21 in 1991.

Definition: Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The services sector consists of wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels; transport, storage, and communications; financing, insurance, real estate, and business services; and community, social, and personal services, in accordance with divisions 6-9 (ISIC 2) or categories G-Q (ISIC 3) or categories G-U (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 24.21
1992 24.47
1993 24.64
1994 24.92
1995 25.11
1996 25.42
1997 25.66
1998 25.79
1999 25.92
2000 26.41
2001 26.95
2002 27.34
2003 28.11
2004 28.63
2005 29.31
2006 30.00
2007 30.74
2008 31.61
2009 32.11
2010 32.52
2011 33.28
2012 34.12
2013 34.77
2014 35.33
2015 35.89
2016 36.66
2017 36.95
2018 37.34
2019 37.91

Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Lesotho was 42.39 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 42.39 in 2019, while its lowest value was 25.77 in 1991.

Definition: Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The services sector consists of wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels; transport, storage, and communications; financing, insurance, real estate, and business services; and community, social, and personal services, in accordance with divisions 6-9 (ISIC 2) or categories G-Q (ISIC 3) or categories G-U (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 25.77
1992 25.99
1993 26.16
1994 26.42
1995 26.65
1996 26.98
1997 27.29
1998 27.60
1999 27.94
2000 28.47
2001 29.05
2002 29.56
2003 30.36
2004 31.00
2005 31.78
2006 32.53
2007 33.37
2008 34.28
2009 34.99
2010 35.64
2011 36.47
2012 37.41
2013 38.20
2014 38.91
2015 39.59
2016 40.46
2017 41.05
2018 41.65
2019 42.39

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity